Finding your way through childhood trauma
Informing, connecting, and supporting you
Finding your way through childhood trauma
Informing, connecting, and supporting you
Our Purpose
Our mission is to provide comprehensive support and resources for individuals and families navigating the complex and often isolating journey of dealing with childhood trauma and the legal aftermath. We aim to fill the gaps in available support by offering clear, actionable information, connecting individuals with relevant resources, and creating a community where those affected can find understanding and solidarity. Our goal is to ensure that no one faces these challenges alone, and that everyone has access to the support and knowledge they need to move forward.
Why Navigate?
The night I decided to launch this website my husband and I sat brainstorming names, ideas, logos, and all sorts of potential of what may come.
There are words that spring to everyone's minds when they talk about trauma, particularly childhood trauma. Survivor, brave, resilient, strong, courageous…all great words and largely very accurate, but none felt like they matched my journey or how I felt.
I didn’t survive, I wasn’t brave, resilience was thrust upon me before I understood its meaning, I felt far from strong, and I felt like the Lion in Wizard of Oz when it came to courage.
I did, however, navigate through life. Sometimes with a blindfold, sometimes with guidance, sometimes when running from something or someone.
I stumbled, I leapt, I tripped, I soared.
I felt alone, I felt grounded, I felt numb, I felt determined.
When I described out loud that I’ve always felt like I’ve had to find my way through life's obstacles, the word navigate stuck. Whether on top of the world, or in your lowest, darkest moments, navigating your next step is often the only thing you can control.
When images of navigating life spring to mind I see everything from a clear and empty desert with no direction or end in sight, to a stormy sea where gripping on to the edge of a boat is your only option, to driving down a signposted highway knowing your destination, or rambling through a forest with half an idea of which way you’re going.
And that is how my life has felt.